Fire-engine truck



G1 T. H'OLLOWAY. Fire-Engine Truck.

No. 224,911. Patented-Feb. 24,1880.

i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

` cHARLEs T. EoLLoWAv, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.l

FIRE-ENGINE TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,911, dated February 24, 1880.

Application filed July 19,1879. l

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES T. HOLLO- WAY, of Baltimore city and State ot' Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chemical Fire-Engine and Truck; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a` part of this specification.

rIhe object of my inventiouis to improve the construction of chemical hre-engines, more especially adapted for small towns, villages, private establishments, Sto., and to combine therewith ladders, tools, buckets, salvagecorps equipments, Sto.; and the invention consists of a truck having arranged between the rearwheels a platform for the reception of two or more vessels or tanks for containing the acids for extinguishing the lire, a main frame or rack connecting the rear Wheels with the front wheels, upon whichY the ladders and the salvagecorps equipments are carried, as also a rack suspended therefrom, in which the axes, picks, and crow-bars are carried, a reel for the hose, and certain other parts appertaining to achemical engine and truck for use at lires, all of which will be more fully de# scribed in the following specication, refery ence being had tothe accompanying draw- Figure l represents a side elevation of my l, improved chemical engine and truck. Fig. 2

is a plan View oi' the rack for supporting the axes, picks, etc. Fig. 3 is a cross-section oi.' a `modilied form for carrying the ladders.

\ cal engine are supported. To the platform c "is secured the frame or rack C, extending forward and supported at the end by the wheels B, with the usual fth-Wheel, springs, Sac.

To the lower side of the frame Gis attached a rack," D, by brackets Dl D', provided with A fili i cross-pieces d, having suitable perforations to receive the axes c andpicks f at one end, while the other ends are supported on crosspieoes provided with pins to retain the handles. One 0r more crow-bars, g, may also be carried 0n this rack.

lIhe frame G serves to carry rubber or other suitable covers h for the salvage corps, as well as buckets t' and the ladders E on top.

In the rear of rack Dris arranged a reel, F, in suitable brackets, for the reception of the fire-hose for the chemical engine.

On each side of frame G is arranged a rope,

k, to assist in pulling the truck to the iire when manual power is used instead of horsepower. The front truck is provided with a tongue, G, to which horses can be attached; or it can be made for manual power by having a rope wound on a reel, Z, attached to the front axle, with which the men can pull the apparatus, as is done with hand-engines.

`As a modification of the rack C, a rack, H, (shown in cross-section in Fi g. 3,) may be used, in which the ladders are supported on their edges instead of on their sides, the other` parts remaining the same; or the sal vage-corps covers may be omitted, if desired.

The great advantages of my improved chemical tire-engine and truck are, that everything required and necessary at a lire is arranged in a compact and easily-accessible manner. It can be drawn by horses, as is usual in large cities, where long distances are to be traveled, or it can be drawn by men, as hand-engines, when in towns or villages. It can be furnished at a very reasonable-cost, and will cost less to use at tires than when engine, hook and ladders, and salvage-corps implements are separated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A truck for use at fires, consisting of a platform for supporting a chemical tire-en gine, a frame, G, for carrying the ladders E, covers h, and buckets t', and the rack D, provided with cross-pieces d d d d', for axes, picks, Ste.,

all constructed and arranged as shown and IOO and Wheels supporting the platform for carrying the engine, the frame C, for receiving the ladders E, covers lL, and buckets i, and the rack D, provided With cross-pieces Z d d d', for 5 axes, picks, Sto., all constructed and arranged substantially as shown, and for the purpose specified.

3. The combined fire-engine and truck herein described, consisting of the running-gear, 1o the platform for carrying the engine, the frame C, ladders E, rack D, having cross-pieces d d d d', hose-reel F, tongue Gr, reel l, and salvage apparatus, all constructed and arranged substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth. 15

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereto affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CEAS. T. HOLLOWAY.

Witnesses:

T. W. MoCoMAs, W. S. WILKINsoN. 

